Spencer Silver, an Inventor of Post-it Notes, Is Dead at 80
He created the adhesive that lets the small, square notes stick to surfaces. They became one of the most ubiquitous office products ever conceived.
Spencer Silver, left, was a chemist at 3M when he created the adhesive that lets Post-it Notes adhere to surfaces as easily as they’re peeled off. His 3M colleague Art Fry, top right, figured how to use it to create the office pad.Credit.via 3M
Published May 13, 2021Updated May 14, 2021
Spencer Silver, a research chemist at 3M who inadvertently created the not-too-sticky adhesive that allows Post-it Notes to be removed from surfaces as easily as they adhere to them, died on May 8 at his home in St. Paul, Minn. He was 80.
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Post-it note co-inventor dies at 80 in St. Paul, Minnesota home
By FOX 9 Staff article
Spencer Silver, 80, died in his St. Paul, Minnesota home Saturday. He is credited with inventing the adhesive that lead to 3M s famed Post-it Notes. (3M)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The co-inventor of the Post-it Note died Saturday at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Spencer Silver, 80, invented the adhesive that would later be an integral part of the popular 3M product, the company announced in a release Wednesday.
Silver made the breakthrough in 1968, discovering a formulation of adhesives that was strong enough to hold paper together but that could be removed and re-stuck again without damaging the paper.